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1688 results for: Title - Grand Composition Of Fun And Music

1
19 April 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: Grand Ballet with Pasacal and Grand Chancone, as17730413 II: Grand Ballet with Grand Chorusses-; End II: Grand Ballet with Pas de Cinq, as17730417 End Opera: Grand Ballet with Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

2
26 January 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: Grand Ballet, Chacone-Mlle Heinel, others; II: A Grand Ballet intermixed with Grand Chorusses-; a Pastoral Dance-Leppie, Mlle Grenier, other principal dancers; End Opera: Grand Serious Dance, Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville, Others

3
16 March 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: (By Particular Desire) Serious Ballet, Pas de Deux, Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; II: A Grand Ballet intermixed with Grand Chorusses-; II: Grand Ballet with Pas de Cinq-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Sga Crespi, Leppie, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: A New Grand Ballet, New Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

4
19 June 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: Ballet, with a Pasacal-Fierville; II: A Grand Ballet, intermixed with Grand Chorusses-; Grand Ballet, with a Pas de Cinq-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Sga Crispi, Asselin, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: a Grand Ballet, with Louvre, Grand Chacone-Fierville

5
13 February 1752 @ Castle Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Grand Composition Of Fun And Music

6
20 February 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: Grand Serious Ballet and Chacone-Mlle Heinel; II: Grand Ballet intermix'd with Grand Chorusses-; Pastoral Dance-Crispi, Asselin; and by particular desire a New Allemande-Slingsby, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: A Grand Serious Ballet with Pas de Deux and Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville, others

7
27 February 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: Grand Serious Ballet and Chacone, as17730223; Grand Ballet with Grand Chorusses, as17730223; New Allemande, as17730223; A Grand Serious Ballet with Pas de Deux and Chacone, as17730223; Pastoral Dance, as17730223, but _Crispi

8
09 March 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Triomfo D'amore

Afterpiece Title: Orfeo

Dance: New Dance adapted to the Opera (Orfeo) intermixed with Grand Choruses-; In pastoral piece: Grand Ballet with Pas de cinq-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Lepy, Sga Crispi, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: New Grand Ballet-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; with a new Allemand-; New Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

9
18 March 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Song: In the Above Opera, four new airs-Sga Girelli; one of which, at the end of Act II, will be accompanied on the French Horn-the celebrated M Spandau

Dance: I: Grand Serious Ballet-; in which the favourite Entree of last season-Mlle Heinel; II: A Grand Ballet, with a new Pas de Cinq-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Sga Crispi, Leppy, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: A Grand Ballet, New Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

10
21 April 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Dance: new Grand Spanish Dance-Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Young LeSac, Miss Latour; French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; A new Grand Chacone-Dupre, Lally, Pelling, Dupre Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson; A Grand Comic Dance between Two Scaramouches Three Harlequins and Two Punches-

11
22 April 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: End I: Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; III: Grand Dance of French Sailors-Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Dupre, Pagod, Mrs Bullock, Miss Latour, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Ogden; IV: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: A new Grand Dance of Moors-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Miss Latour, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Ogden; in which, at the Desire of several Persons of Quality, Kettle Drums-Poitier; End Farce: a new Grand Dance called Lads and Lasses-Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Anderson, Miss Latour, Mrs Ogden

Song: II: Mrs Barbier; IV: Two English Ballads-Mrs Barbier

12
19 March 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: I: Grand Ballet, the Gondoliers-Cooke, Miss Hilliard; II: Grand Dutch Dance, as17511021; III: (By Particular Desire) Grand Scot's Ballet-Cooke, Miss Hilliard; V: a Ball Dance call'd the Rigadoon concluding with a, Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hilliard

13
08 March 1770 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Passione

Music: After 1st Chorus: A solo on French Horn-the celebrated Rodolfe; End Act I: A solo on the Violino-Lahaussage; End of Piece: Solo on Violincello-by the celebratedDupart

Song: After the violincello: The Stabat Mater (music by Pergolesi)-Guadagni, Savoi; The whole performance to conclude with: a Grand Chorus (music by Guglielmi) with a Trio-Miss Dupart, Rodolfe. [Query: the trio instumental?]

14
12 January 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

Dance: I: New Grand Ballet-Mlle Heinel; New Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel; II: Pastoral Dance-Slingsby, Mlle Lafond, Mlle Grenier; Last Act: A New Serious Grand Ballet with new Pas de deux and Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

15
15 January 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

Dance: I: New Grand Ballet, as17730112; New Grand Chacone, as17730112; II: Pastoral Dance-Leppie, Mlle Grenier, Mlle Lafond; III: A New Serious Grand Ballet with Pas de deux and Chacone, as17730112

16
02 February 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: End I: Grand Serious Ballet-Fierville; II: Grand Ballet, Grand Choruses-; End II: Pastoral Dance-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier

Ballet: End Opera: A New Grand Historical Ballet entitled L'Isle Desert. Zelima-Mlle Heinel; Hircanus-Fierville

17
30 March 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Apollo Ed Issea

Dance: I: An Allemande-Slingsby, Mlle Lafond; II: A New Grand Dance proper to the opera Apollo and Venus-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; II: A Grand Ballet with Pas de Cinq-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Sga Crispi, Leppy, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: A Grand Serious Dance-Fierville

18
01 April 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Apollo Ed Issea

Dance: I: An Allemand-Slingsby, Mlle Lafond; II: two new Entrees-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; II: A New Grand Ballet entitled La Fete du Village-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Crispi, Leppy, Mlle Lafond; in which Minuet-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; End Opera: A New Grand Ballet-Mlle Heinel, Fierville in the characters of Sauvages; conclude: New Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville, other principal dancers

19
13 April 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Apollo Ed Issea

Dance: An Allemande, as17730330 Apollo and Venus, as17730330 A Grand Ballet with Pas de Cinq, as17730330 End Opera: Grand Ballet with Pasacal and Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

20
17 April 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Apollo Ed Issea

Dance: I: A Pastoral Dance-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier; II: Apollo and Venus-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; II: Grand Ballet with Pas de Cinq-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Crispi, Leppy, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: Grand Ballet, Gavotte, Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

21
20 April 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

Dance: I: Grand Ballet with Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; II: New Grand Ballet with Polonaise-; End Opera: A Grand Ballet, Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

22
24 April 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: A New Grand Ballet La Fete du Village-Slingsby, Mme Grenier, Crispi, Lepy, Mlle Lafond; in which a Minuet-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; II: Allemande-Slingsby, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: A New Grand Ballet, with a new Pasacal, Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

23
27 April 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: Grand Ballet, with a Gavotte, Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; II: Pastoral Dance-Asselin, Mlle Grenier; End Opera: By Particular desire, La Fete du Village, as17730401done in same manner as it was at Mlle Heinel's Benefit; In which Minuet-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; Conclude: Country Dance, Grand Quadrille-principal dancers

24
20 November 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Dance: I: Grand Comic Pantomime Ballet, call'd La Bagatelle-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni, other principals; II: A Pastoral Dance with a Pas de Trois, de Deux-Mariottini, Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; End Opera: A Grand Serious Ballet-; with a Grand Chaconne-Fierville

Entertainment: A Poetical Exordium-Mrs Yates [In which she proposed to intermix plays and operas this season. (Burney, II, 879, notes she could not get permission.)]

25
07 December 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Puntiglio Amoroso

Dance: I: La Bagatelle, as17731120; II: A Grand Pastoral Dance, as17731120; End Opera: A Grand Serious Ballet with Grand Chaconne-Mariottini, Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni, Mlle Mimi Faviere